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Chilling Details: Flydubai Co-Pilot Used Prayer as Ruse for Attack, Captain Opened Cockpit Door Twice

Summary by India Today
Indian Captain Smit Machcchar has revealed chilling details of what happened inside the cockpit during the attack while speaking to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Machcchar recounted that the Omani co-pilot used prayer as a tactic to attack him from behind with an axe. He also revealed that he opened the cockpit's door twice.

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Captain Smit Machchhar has for the first time recounted the life-or-death struggle with the co-pilot on the Flydubai flight, while new information about the co-pilot's identity has also been revealed.

Flydubai captain Smith Machar shared dramatic details of the incident on board during a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On ...

Smith Machar detailed what happened in the cockpit while speaking with Benjamin Netanyahu. Smith Machar said that the plane started service as normal, but shortly after, the co-pilot asked him to pray.

After the attack of the co-pilot, the board abruptly lost more than 5 km of altitude

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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The FlyDubai captain stated that he was tricked by the co-pilot and then repeatedly attacked on the head with an axe.

·Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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#BorderPeriodismo broke the news on Saturday, October 3, 2026.
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